Scottish Parliament – Sept. 23, 2025 – 21
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Result
❌ Motion failed.
Aye: 43 MSPs
No: 67 MSPs
Absent: 19 MSPs
Parliamentary analysis
Part of tag: Housing (Scotland) Bill
Strong conflict: Opposition proposesThis vote is most similar to a group of votes where the opposition has proposed a motion and the government is strongly opposing it (few defections, high turnout).
This usually suggests an important point of principle, or that it would have substantive effects if passed.
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Whip reports
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Overall counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All MSPs | 129 | 110 | 43 | 67 | 19 | 85.27% | 39.09% |
Government counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | 66 | 54 | 42 | 12 | 12 | 81.82% | 77.78% |
| Government | 63 | 56 | 1 | 55 | 7 | 88.89% | 1.79% |
Party voting counts
| Grouping | MSPs on date | Vote participant count | For motion | Against motion | Absent motion | Party turnout | For motion percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish National Party | 63 | 56 | 1 | 55 | 7 | 88.89% | 1.79% |
| Labour | 22 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 77.27% | 100.00% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Reform UK | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Green | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 87.50% | 0.00% |
| Conservative | 28 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 82.14% | 100.00% |
Voting list
| Person | Party | Vote | Party alignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Denham | Scottish National Party | Aye | 1.79% |
| Maggie Chapman | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Ross Greer | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Sarah Boyack | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Pam Duncan-Glancy | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Tess White | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Gordon MacDonald | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Collette Stevenson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Clare Haughey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Foysol Choudhury | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| George Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Liam Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Lumsden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Edward Mountain | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jenny Gilruth | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Kevin Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jamie Greene | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Stephen Kerr | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Neil Gray | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Roz McCall | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maurice Golden | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| James Dornan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Keith Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Emma Harper | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Ben Macpherson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Russell Findlay | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Paul O'Kane | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Elizabeth Smith | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Sue Webber | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Audrey Nicoll | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Joe FitzPatrick | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Fergus Ewing | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Sandesh Gulhane | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Jackson Carlaw | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jamie Halcro Johnston | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Liam McArthur | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Alexander Burnett | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Martin Whitfield | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Maree Todd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Davy Russell | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Baroness Clark | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Rachael Hamilton | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Bill Kidd | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Elena Whitham | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Fulton MacGregor | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Oliver Mundell | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Douglas Ross | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Colin Beattie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Ruth Maguire | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Graeme Dey | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Màiri McAllan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Kaukab Stewart | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Natalie Don | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Mercedes Villalba | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Monica Lennon | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Evelyn Tweed | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jamie Hepburn | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Tom Arthur | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Pam Gosal | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Michelle Thomson | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Craig Hoy | Conservative | Absent | n/a |
| Alison Johnstone | Green | Absent | n/a |
| Alex Rowley | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Mairi Gougeon | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Tim Eagle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Mark Ruskell | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Patrick Harvie | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul McLennan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Graham Simpson | Reform UK | Aye | 100.00% |
| Stuart McMillan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Mark Griffin | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angus Robertson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Ivan McKee | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Alasdair Allan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| David Torrance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Finlay Carson | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Richard Leonard | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Annabelle Ewing | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Sharon Dowey | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jim Fairlie | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Claire Baker | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Humza Yousaf | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Gillian Mackay | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Emma Roddick | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Anas Sarwar | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Shirley-Anne Somerville | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Pauline McNeill | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Michael Marra | Labour | Absent | n/a |
| Rona Mackay | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| John Mason | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Willie Rennie | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Marie McNair | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Neil Bibby | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Alex Cole-Hamilton | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Ariane Burgess | Green | No | 100.00% |
| Paul Sweeney | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Carol Mochan | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Miles Briggs | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Angela Constance | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Annie Wells | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Siobhian Brown | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jenni Minto | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Clare Adamson | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Bob Doris | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Brian Whittle | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Dunbar | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Karen Adam | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Beatrice Wishart | Liberal Democrat | No | 100.00% |
| Daniel Johnson | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Lorna Slater | Green | No | 100.00% |
| John Swinney | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Jeremy Balfour | Independent | Aye | n/a |
| Meghan Gallacher | Conservative | Aye | 100.00% |
| Jackie Baillie | Labour | Aye | 100.00% |
| Kate Forbes | Scottish National Party | No | 98.21% |
| Gillian Martin | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | Absent | n/a |
| Colin Smyth | Independent | Absent | n/a |